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Prison has a role in public safety, but it is not a cure-all. Its value is limited, and its use should also be limited to what it does best: isolating young criminals long enough to give them a chance to grow up and get a grip on their impulses. It is a traumatic experience, certainly, but it should be only a temporary one, not a way of life. Prisoners kept too long tend to embrace the criminal culture, its distorted values and beliefs; they have little choice -- prison is their life. There are some prisoners who cannot be returned...
Former council Chair Michael P. Beys '94 sayshe recognizes dead weight as a problem, butdoesn't think any measures, no matter how strict,can cure the council...
Consider the moral effects of marijuana prohibition. After booze and NyQuil, pot is probably America's No. 1 drug of choice -- a transient, introspective high that can cure nausea or make the evening sitcoms look like devastating wit. An estimated 40 million Americans have tried it at some point, from Ivy League law professors to country-and-western singers. Yet in some states, possession of a few grams can get you put away for years. What does it do to one's immortal soul to puff and wink and look away while about 100,000 other Americans remain locked...
Mansfield called Paglia a "savior" and said that she can cure the ills of the modern American university. "She's above and beyond the trend," he said...
This research is especially significant because to date, there is no way to detect the disease in its early stages, when it is easiest to cure...